Denver Report: Eight Neighborhoods Are Off Limits for Marijuana Businesses

Five Denver neighborhoods hold the majority of the city's commercial marijuana growing operations, according to a report from theBefore location rules for medical marijuana businesses existed in Denver, dispensary and cultivation owners struggled to find property owners who would lease space to federally illegal enterprises. Many of these businesses found homes in industrial areas on the fringes of the city before eventually converting to recreational production and sales, as well.

Medical marijuana's early days created concentrations of dispensaries in nearby areas, as well, with the most well-known being a stretch of South Broadway nicknamed the Green Mile. The Green Mile's neighborhood, Overland, currently has fourteen dispensaries, according to the city report, followed by Northeast Park Hill at eleven stores, and then Baker, Elyria-Swansea, Five Points and Valverde, all of which have ten dispensaries.

North Denver community organizations and Denver City Council members who represent that area have been vocal opponents of, a reason cited by Excise and Licenses in the Globeville dispensary rejection.

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